Fowler, who played golf for CU and was a volunteer coach of the men’s team for 29 years (1948-76), will be inducted — posthumously — into the Hall on Nov. 9.
Fowler tied for fourth place in the 1948 Big Seven Conference Championship while serving as a player-coach. During his long coaching career at CU, among his standout players were Hale Irwin and Dale Douglass, both of whom went on to successful runs on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
During Fowler’s coaching years, CU won three conference titles and Irwin claimed the only NCAA individual championship in the history of the men’s program (1967). Fowler’s 1968 squad placed eighth in the NCAA Championships, marking the Buffs’ best showing ever in the tournament.
Fowler, a longtime member at Boulder Country Club, was inducted into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame in 1978. The CGA’s Player of the Year award is named after him.
Fowler, who served as a state senator and representative, passed away in 2003 at age 78.
Other inductees into the 2017 CU Athletic Hall of Fame class:
Stan Brock, Football (1976-79)
Chad Brown, Football (1989-92)
Frank Brown, Skiing (1957-59)
Karrie Downey, Volleyball (1991-94)
Steve Hatchell, Football/Administration (1966-75)
Mark Haynes, Football (1976-79)
Jay Humphries, Basketball (1980-84)
Jamillah Lang, Women’s Basketball (1990-94)
Jorge Torres, Cross Country & Track (1999-2003)
The dozen honorees will be enshrined Nov. 17 and will be introduced during halftime of the Nov. 19 CU-Washington State football game at Folsom Field. With the incoming class, the CU Athletic Hall will have 91 members, in addition to the 1959 ski team which won the university’s first national title.
Kalinowski joined Hale Irwin as a two-time conference champion when he claimed the Big Eight titles in 1993 and ’94. He went on to be named a third- and second-team All-American, respectively, those seasons. Kalinowski also finished second in the 1994 NCAA Central Regional.
In addition, Kalinowski was named the CGA’s Les Fowler Player of the Year in 1993.
For more about all the incoming CU Athletic Hall of Famers, CLICK HERE.
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